Does sound travel faster than light?

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Solution

Speed of sound and light
The speed of sound in air is about $340$ meters per second.
Whereas, the light will travel through the vacuum at a speed of $300$ million meters per second.
The speed of light and sound varies in different mediums.
Hence, sound travels much slower than the speed of light.

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